Tyr is a Danish metal band. Period. :-)
T-Y-R is also the root in semitic languages (eg, Hebrew and Arabic) related to flying! Maybe not on purpose, but I really like that incidental connection, given the combined reputation of rust and GPU operations for being fast.
Edit: apparently T-Y-R is not a root relating to flight in Hebrew! Maybe other Semitic languages, Im not sure. In Arabic it certainly is
Technically they are from the Faroe Islands. Great band, seen them live many times.
Faroese actually
I thought Tyr was the Norse god of War & Justice.
Considering that the Mali GPUs were developed by ARM Norway, and this driver is Just, I would say this is one aptly named driver.